Rotel Michi P5

The Michi P5 is big 19" x 6" x 17.75" deep and quite heavy at 50.5lb. It includes a moving coil/moving magnet phono stage, dual AKM-based DAC chips capable of 32-bit/768kHz and MQA support, Bluetooth with both aptX and AAC support, a headphone jack, balanced and unbalanced inputs and outputs, and fully balanced circuitry.

The P5's design is minimalist: curved corners, sleek casing of anodized aluminum, a glass front panel, and two symmetric knobs. Left and right rotary dials are for input choice and setting volume, respectively; those functions and others are also supported by the remote control. A small, recessed on/ off button lies dead-center near the P5's lower edge; its tiny center glows white when in use, red in standby mode.

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Solid-state stereo preamplifier with Bluetooth,
MC/MM phono stage, dual-mono AKM DAC chips, MQA.
Inputs: 2 pairs balanced (XLR), 5 pairs unbalanced (RCA), 7 digital (see main text).
Outputs: 2 pairs balanced (XLR), 4 pairs unbalanced (RCA) (two pre out, line out, mono sub out), headphone (1/4"),
2 digital outputs (S/PDIF TosLink, coaxial).
THD (20Hz-20kHz): <0.002%.
Output impedance: unbalanced (RCA), 470 ohms; balanced (XLR), 100 ohms. Intermodulation distortion (60Hz: 7 kHz, 4:1): <0.002%.
Input sensitivity/Impedance:
Phono input (MM), 2.5mV/47k ohms; phono input (MC), 250uV/47k ohms; line-level inputs (RCA), 160mV/47k ohms; line-level inputs (XLR), 250 mV/100k ohms.
Input overload: phono input (MM), 199mV; phono input (MC), 22mV; line-level (RCA), 12V; balanced (XLR), 12V.
Output level: Line-level (RCA), 1V/470 ohms; balanced (XLR), 2V/100 ohms.
Frequency response: phono input, 20Hz-20kHz, +/-0.3dB; line inputs, 10Hz-100kHz, +/-0.3dB.
Tone controls: Bass: +/-10dB at 100Hz;
Treble: +/-10dB at 10kHz. Signal-to-noise ratio (IHF "A" weighting): phono input, 80dB; line-level inputs, 116dB.
Channel separation: phono input, >55dB; line-level inputs, >85dB.
Digital section: Frequency response: 20Hz-20kHz (+/-0.3dB, max).
Signal/Noise ratio (IHF "A" weighting): 100dB.
Input sensitivity/impedance: 0dBFS/75 ohms.
Digital output: 0.75V, peak-peak.
Load impedance: 75 ohms.
Digital inputs: SPDIF LPCM (up to 192kHz/24-bit).
PC-USB: USB audio class 1.0 (up to 96kHz/24-bit).
USB audio class 2.0 (up to 384kHz/24-bit).
Driver installation required. DSD (up to 11.2MHz/16-bit) and DoP support,
MQA support.
Power requirements: US: 120V, 60Hz. EC: 230V, 50Hz.
Power consumption: 40 watts. Standby: normal: <0.5 watts.
Network wakeup: <2 watts.
Dimensions: 19" (485mm) W x 17.75" (452mm) D x 6" (150mm) H.
Weight: 50.5lb (22.9kg).